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Morocco expects to double its cereals harvest after abundant rain

Morocco’s grain crop is expected to double this season after heavy winter rains boosted moisture levels and dam reserves, traders and millers said, adding that recent floods in the country’s northwest are unlikely to significantly affect overall output. Moulay Abdelkader Alaoui, head of the National Federation of Millers, told Reuters the sector plans to add […]

Algeria: Crackdown on Bloggers, Journalist Intensifies

Algerian authorities are multiplying arrests of bloggers and journalists critical of the government. Merzoug Touati, chief blogger for al-Hogra is the latest victim of the Algerian regime. He was arrested on January 18 in his hometown of Bejaia, following an outbreak of civil disobedience in the town, the New Arab reports. Police raided his house […]

Polisario on the footsteps of ISIS terrorism tactics – Italian magazine

After its humiliating retreat from the Guerguarat passage on Morocco’s borders with Mauritania, the Polisario separatist movement threatened to bring the war into Moroccan lands by inciting its “dormant cells” to carry out attacks using the same language as terrorist groups like ISIS, Italian magazine Insideover said. The Polisario has blocked the vital border crossing […]